Latest completed TI · 2026
Team Spirit
Spirit's third Aegis.
On 23 August in Shanghai, Team Spirit beat Team Vision 3:2 in the final. The 2021, 2023 and 2026 titles add up to three wins for the organisation.
Valve confirmationDota 2 knowledge base: heroes, items and clear fundamentals
DOTA DATABASE / WORKING IT OUT WITH RODYALess fog.
Less fog.
More meaning.
PICK · PURCHASE · PURPOSE
Find a hero. Understand a purchase. Decode a Dota word. Choose where we start.
New to Dota? Start learning →THREE WAYS IN / ONE IDEA
How to use the database.
Go beyond looking at icons.
Connect knowledge with your own decision.
01Why our Dota glossary exists: from an unfamiliar word to a clear action
How a beginner or returning player can use OOPS DOTA's visual glossary: slang, game frames, differences between effects and short practice.
Read and try it ↗
02How to use the hero database: role, abilities and a purposeful build
A clear path through a hero: recognise abilities by their icons, compare roles, understand Aghanim and Shard, choose purchases and watch Ruslan's published match.
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03How to choose items in Dota: the problem, purchase and in-game check
How to read an item page, compare protection and mobility, choose purchase timing and account for the patch. Ruslan's own Witch Doctor order is a separate example.
Read and try it ↗I am developing the detailed knowledge base in Russian and gradually translating it in full. The homepage, main pages, episodes and five news articles are already available in 26 languages. Lessons and hero and item cards receive separate checks for translation completeness: the menu language alone does not mean all the content is ready. I want to preserve clear explanations and familiar gaming slang in every language.
BEFORE YOUR GAME / DOTA 2Your hero.
Your hero.
Your decision too.
Every hero has a personality.
Every item has a purpose.
Let's work out what to take into your game.
JUGGERNAUT Damage and tempo ↗
CRYSTAL MAIDEN Control and help ↗
WITCH DOCTOR Teamfights with character ↗AN INVENTORY WITH PURPOSE
Six different jobs for your inventory.
EXPLORE BY TOPIC
Mechanic. Situation. Decision.
LaningOne creep wave. Many decisions.
Last hits, denies and trades without giving away a death.
Understand it ↗
MapFog is information too.
Wards, ramps, runes and the question: who can't we see?
Understand it ↗ItemsA purchase answers a question.
What is holding you back in the game, and which item fixes it?
Understand it ↗FightsUnderstand what stopped you.
Control, protection and the actions still available to you.
Understand it ↗Dota legends / The International
Names on the Aegis.
Who lifted The International's main trophy, and how to watch old matches to improve your own game.
THE CHAMPIONS' SHIELD / UNDERSTANDING THE SYMBOL
What is the Aegis?
A trophy in the champions' hands.
An item in a hero's inventory.
A familiar name. Different meanings.
THE INTERNATIONAL
01 / THE PHYSICAL TROPHY
Aegis of Champions
The shield lifted by The International's winners.
Weta created the physical trophy from Valve's design. The shield preserves the tournament's history: the champions' names and player nicknames are engraved on its back.
- Valve × Weta
- A game concept became a real shield.
- Radiant and Dire
- Their conflict appears in the central relief.
- Names on the back
- The silver plate bears the players from winning teams.
More than one Aegis
Team Spirit2021 · 2023 · 2026
3AegisOG2018 · 2019
2AegisTeam Liquid2017 · 2024
2AegisTeam titles; rosters may change between wins.
TI winners by year
15 tournaments · 11 teams- 2026TI15Team Spirit
Their third title. Final against Team Vision: 3:2.
- 2025TI14Team Falcons
Falcons' first title, won in Hamburg.
- 2024TI13Team Liquid
The organisation's second title after winning in 2017.
- 2023TI12Team Spirit
Their second Aegis; final: 3:0.
From the first TI to Tundra: 2011–2022
- 2022TI11Tundra Esports
Won the grand final 3:0.
- 2021TI10Team Spirit
Won the deciding fifth game against PSG.LGD.
- 2020PauseTournament postponed
TI10 was postponed because of the pandemic. There is no champion for 2020.
- 2019TI9OG
The first team to defend a TI title and win twice.
- 2018TI8OG
OG's first title; the final was decided in the fifth game.
- 2017TI7Team Liquid
The first TI final to finish 3:0.
- 2016TI6Wings Gaming
Wings' first Aegis.
- 2015TI5Evil Geniuses
The TI5 title belongs to Evil Geniuses.
- 2014TI4Newbee
Beat Vici Gaming 3:1 in the final.
- 2013TI3Alliance
Alliance's first title.
- 2012TI2Invictus Gaming
Beat the reigning champions Na’Vi.
- 2011TI1Natus Vincere
The first champions of The International.
Watch with a purpose
Pause before a key fight: what can the teams see, which abilities are ready and where are the lanes heading? Afterwards, compare your plan with their decision. An old build may be outdated, but the logic of choosing an objective can still be useful.
TI, Aegis, roster: what we count here
Checked against primary publications · . The arrow beside a year opens the source.
DATABASE → PRACTICE → YOUR GAMEUnderstand. Try.
Understand. Try.
Compare a decision.
The Academy has exercises in sequence. The episodes show my real matches and breakdowns. Start with one question you've encountered in your game.